Local Governors

Local Governors support the school on a voluntary basis. Do enquire via the school office if you are interested in becoming a local governor, we welcome all input!

Joshua Kane, Chair of Governors

Josh is a community leader who is passionate about inspiring creative ambitions. He has been a governor at Dollis since 2017, being a part of the team that led the amalgamation and new vision of "Excellence in all we do, shaping attitudes, efforts and ambitions". Josh serves as Chair of governors, and he also chairs the education committee.

Josh works as the Pastor at Mill Hill East Church; he is also involved with Innovista, a Christian leadership organisation focused on raising leaders from within communities. He loves spending time with his wife and three young children, two of whom attend our school.

Rosetta Dyer, Headteacher and staff governor

Rosetta is passionate about instilling a love of reading in every child. A teacher for 31 years, her extensive teaching and educational leadership career has been based in London primary schools in Islington, Hackney, Haringey and Westminster. Our school is her third headship.

She has three children and two of them were educated at Barnet secondary schools.

Cara Demetriades

One of our past pupils, Cara, is a finance and operations professional with a variety of experience. Skills she developed as a director of operations and IT at Barclays Capital supported a career change to school business management when her second son was born.
Cara has 15 years' experience leading support functions and developing strategy in independent and state schools, across both the primary and secondary sectors. She has also worked as a freelance project manager and fundraising consultant developing sports projects across London and the South East in partnership with Sport England, London Marathon Trust and the Football Foundation.

Chands Lalli, Parent Governor

Chands has been a parent governor since 2015. She joined the governing body as she was curious to learn more about the school her children were attending and was determined to have a positive impact on their education. Chands is currently chair of the community committee, and is also a member of the education committee. She is proud to have played a part implementing changes at the school, such as opening of the pre-school, amalgamation and new school vision.

Chands has also helped to lead Friends of Dollis for the past few years and enjoys organising events for the children and families.

Chand has currently three children attending our school, and her older son is attending a secondary school in Barnet. She has recently returned to work after a long break and works for the Barnet Education Arts Trust, a local children’s music charity, as their Finance Officer.

Andrea Chai, Parent Governor

Andrea earned her BSc degree in Finance and Operations Management from Kelley School of Business (Indiana University) and a joint program with Haas Business School (University of California Berkeley). Upon graduation, Andrea had the opportunity to work in the investment banking and private equity sector in New York City with clients from various New York based companies to international companies.

After several years, she took up another opportunity to do something entirely different with an engineering and data centre commissioning firm in Washington D.C. Andrea’s job involved working with different project managers providing forecasting and budgeting across different projects. The Federal Government was our biggest client. After getting married, Andrea relocated to Osaka, Japan.

Andrea has also volunteered at a local community centre helping new foreigners which includes newly registered immigrants and international student adapting to the new place.

Ismail Akbas

Ismail has been working in the field of education in a wide range of capacities since 1999, including 10 years as a headteacher from Early Childhood to Secondary School. He also worked in multicultural settings in Germany, Russia, Turkey, Bangladesh, and the UK.

Teaching has always had a special place in his life, and he has a genuine passion to enhance the lives of future generations. Ismail`s academic achievements include the NPQSL, two Master's degrees, and four academic articles published in international academic journals in the United States, Russia, India, and Bangladesh.

He is currently pursuing his PhD in Education. Ismail works as a Business Manager at North London Grammar School, an independent outstanding grammar school in Hendon, where he is in charge of multiple departments and projects including admissions, marketing, franchising projects, International IGO project Olympiad and staffing. A Barnet resident, Ismail enjoys photography, travelling, and being part of a number of charity activities for refugees, women and underprivileged people. He is a proud father of a daughter and a son.